The Poseidon Adventure (Blu-ray) PG
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- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 57 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 9, 2012
- Originally Released: 1972
- Label: 20Th Century Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Roddy McDowall, Pamela Sue Martin, Jack Albertson, Carol Lynley, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen, Eric Shea & Stella Stevens | |
Performer: | John Crawford, Sheila Allen, Bob Hastings, Charles Bateman, Ernie F. Orsatti, Arthur O'Connell & Fred Sadoff | |
Directed by | Ronald Neame | |
Edited by | Harold F. Kress | |
Screenwriting by | Stirling Silliphant & Wendell Mayes | |
Composition by | John Williams | |
Cinematography by | Harold E. Stine | |
Story by | Paul Gallico | |
Produced by | Irwin Allen |
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1972 -
Best Original Song: Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn
Academy Awards 1972 -
Best Visual Effects: Not Applicable
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/5 --
One of the best of the 1970s all-star disaster movies.
Fantastica Daily
Winters won an Oscar nomination for pulling off the best moment in the best disaster flick ever.
Entertainment Weekly
Rating: 4.5/5 --
If we're making picks for the most entertaining disaster flicks ever made -- my enthusiastic vote goes to The Poseidon Adventure. Easily.
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DVDTalk.com
Rating: 3/4 --
What the glittering, star-driving survivalism of Poseidon Adventure actually presents is a nightmarishly schematic fantasia of guiltless discomfort.
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Slant Magazine
4 stars out of 5 -- [I]t digs in the hooks and won't let go...
Total Film
Rating: 4/5 --
Pure '70s Hollywood.
ColeSmithey.com
Rating: B- --
Neither as exciting nor as unintentionally funny as one would like it to be.
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Lessons of Darkness
Product Description:
When an earthquake sends a tidal wave over a luxury liner on New Year's Eve the top-heavy vessel capsizes. Ten survivors journey through the ship to escape. Terrible sequel: "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure." Academy Award Nominations: 8, including Best Actress--Shelley Winters. Academy Awards: Best Song ("The Morning After").
Keywords:
Action
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Adventure
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Disaster
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High Seas
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Suspense
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Thriller
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All-Star
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Recommended
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Undersea
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Theatrical Release
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1970s
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Essential Cinema
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- Sales Rank: 9,645
- UPC: 024543808619
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